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Reducing Skipping?
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| DJ Dingel |
Hey everyone,
The table on which I regularly use my turntables isn't the sturdiest. It seems to be inducing a lot of skipping. Is there any way to reduce skipping (I've already tried the counterweights) besides getting a new table?
Thanks. |
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| D-res |
anti-skate?
lol, i dont know man.. maybe your needle is turnin to |
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| DjVash |
What turntables are we talking about?
If the counterweight part doesn't work, the anti skating may be too high OR your turntable isn't horizontal. |
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| Mr. Tippy |
| quote: | | The table on which I regularly use my turntables isn't the sturdiest |
Same problem here. I made my table sturdier by screwing in some pieces of wood as supports on the underside... I wish I had a way to take a pic to show you.
I'm still going to get a new table in the near future. Prolly gonna go with 2 stacks of 3 milk crates filled with bricks. Put a board of wood on top, then a few more bricks to bring the height of the decks to a more comfortable level, then another board on top to set the tables.
Something like this...
Turntable.....Mixer.....Turntable
--------------board--------------
....brick..............brick
--------------board--------------
milk crate.............milk crate
milk crate.............milk crate
milk crate.............milk crate
(Please ignore the dots... I couldn't get my ghetto diagram to space correctly) I figure full of bricks, the crates would make the table quite solid. I'll even have a shelf from the lower board. |
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| rafale |
try freefloats they're quite an amazing contraption !
Only other reasons I can think off is that you need to adjust your anti-skate and/or your needle is really old |
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| DJ Dingel |
| I have Stanton Str8-80s. I'm still using the needles that came with them two years ago. :eyes: Looks like I need to go get some new ones. |
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| Wraith |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Dingel
I have Stanton Str8-80s. I'm still using the needles that came with them two years ago. :eyes: Looks like I need to go get some new ones. |
LOL!! 2 years??? Yes I should say you need to replace the needles. |
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| tu_face |
yeah the styli need replacing. you should replace them approx every 6 months or so (depending on how much hammer you give them).
if they still up you can try adjusting the tonearm height up a notch or two, but re-balance the tonearm afterwards |
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